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Average pay in construction: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Average pay in construction ($, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Construction industry jobs and pay by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated
2026-11-10
Download full table CSVSource: U.S. Census Bureau (County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 23, 236, 237, 238 and 00 (all sectors)) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator)) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 76,580 (United States).

Washington: 83,136Idaho: 61,359Montana: 71,530North Dakota: 85,584Minnesota: 91,833Michigan: 80,972Ohio: 76,858Pennsylvania: 77,438New York: 82,942Vermont: 69,775New Hampshire: 81,937Maine: 66,687Arizona: 72,769California: 84,200New Mexico: 61,951Texas: 75,479Louisiana: 71,344Mississippi: 67,656Alabama: 66,248Florida: 64,124Georgia: 74,341South Carolina: 66,752North Carolina: 68,533Virginia: 73,364District of Columbia: 80,540Maryland: 76,925Delaware: 72,923New Jersey: 85,813Connecticut: 84,258Rhode Island: 78,223Massachusetts: 92,804Oregon: 76,651Utah: 67,640Wyoming: 70,006Nevada: 74,608Colorado: 77,004South Dakota: 68,763Nebraska: 67,640Kansas: 69,591Oklahoma: 63,192Iowa: 75,623Missouri: 77,531Wisconsin: 83,519Illinois: 90,240Kentucky: 67,913Arkansas: 61,404Tennessee: 71,077West Virginia: 63,842Indiana: 74,725Alaska: 102,958Hawaii: 85,625

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 80,540 $
  • RI 78,223 $
  • DE 72,923 $
  • CT 84,258 $
  • NJ 85,813 $
  • MD 76,925 $
  • MA 92,804 $
  • VT 69,775 $
  • NH 81,937 $
  • Lowest: 61,359 to 67,640 $
  • Group 2: 67,640 to 71,530 $
  • Group 3: 71,530 to 76,858 $
  • Group 4: 76,858 to 83,136 $
  • Highest: 83,136 to 102,958 $
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: County Business Patterns counts employer establishments only; states' values for small subsectors may be withheld (blank) to avoid disclosing individual businesses.

1Alaska102,958
2Massachusetts92,804
3Minnesota91,833
4Illinois90,240
5New Jersey85,813
6Hawaii85,625
7North Dakota85,584
8Connecticut84,258
9California84,200
10Wisconsin83,519
11Washington83,136
12New York82,942
13New Hampshire81,937
14Michigan80,972
15District of Columbia80,540
16Rhode Island78,223
17Missouri77,531
18Pennsylvania77,438
19Colorado77,004
20Maryland76,925
21Ohio76,858
22Oregon76,651
23Iowa75,623
24Texas75,479
25Indiana74,725
26Nevada74,608
27Georgia74,341
28Virginia73,364
29Delaware72,923
30Arizona72,769
31Montana71,530
32Louisiana71,344
33Tennessee71,077
34Wyoming70,006
35Vermont69,775
36Kansas69,591
37South Dakota68,763
38North Carolina68,533
39Kentucky67,913
40Mississippi67,656
41Nebraska67,640
41Utah67,640
43South Carolina66,752
44Maine66,687
45Alabama66,248
46Florida64,124
47West Virginia63,842
48Oklahoma63,192
49New Mexico61,951
50Arkansas61,404
51Idaho61,359

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 23, 236, 237, 238 and 00 (all sectors)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator). Reference period: 2023.

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U.S. states ranked by average pay in construction ($, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sector 23 (construction) and subsectors 236, 237, 238; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-average-pay-in-construction/

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